Upper Playground’s always terrific Walrus TV has a wonderful interview with the Australian artist, Buff Diss. Working in Melbourne Buff Diss uses masking tape rather than spray paint and markers. In the interview he explains what motivates him and how he sees the city as a canvas for his work.
Archive | June, 2009
Form follows format
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My day in Yellowstone last month was a long and varied one (see previous posts one, two, three). As I was leaving the park along the Madison river (almost the longest in the U.S.), I stopped occasionally to photograph the line of mountains on the opposite side of the valley.
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As …
Making shows vs. writing history
Over the weekend, Holland Cotter, the (now) Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic for the New York Times decided to take that newly minted status out for a spin. On Sunday, Mr. Cotter attempted what I guess one would call a “think piece” that took as its objects of interest two exhibitions …
Das Lied von der Erde (Song of the Earth) at Church of St. Ann, Brooklyn
I was at The Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra performance of Das Lied von der Erde today (May 31st, 2009) at The Church of St. Ann and the Holy Trinity in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn and caught the entire performance of Gustav Mahler’s masterpiece. A friend was also playing in the orchestra today and that’s how I [...]